We’ve accomplished a lot together since 1993, and our partnerships have changed lives. Each of these accomplishments is a testament to collaborations on campus, with the community, or both. As much as we’ve achieved together, we’re always working to do more and to do it better.
1993: An IUPUI team attends the national Campus Compact Summer Institute for Integrating Service in Academic Study; the Office of Service Learning is established in November.
1994: The United Way Day of Caring begins as the first campuswide volunteer service event.
1995: IUPUI Chancellor Bepko endorses President Clinton’s America Reads Challenge, and tutoring K–8 youth begins through the strategic use of community work-study.
1996: IUPUI is one of four campuses selected nationwide to participate in the Kellogg Peer Review of Professional Service project; results in documenting service at IU.
1997: The Office of Neighborhood Partnerships is established; receives the HUD-Community Outreach Partnership Center with the Westside Cooperative Organization to support mutually identified goals.
1998: IUPUI is selected by national Campus Compact as a model program; Dr. Robert G. Bringle receives the national Thomas Ehrlich Civically Engaged Faculty Award as an outstanding service learning educator.
1999: The Community Service Scholarship Program, named in honor of community leader and advocate Sam H. Jones, is solidified through Commitment to Excellence funds.
2000: IUPUI is one of 12 universities selected to participate in the Community Higher Education Service Project, hosting a team from the University of the Free State in South Africa and sending a consulting team to South Africa.
2001: The American Association of State Colleges and Universities selects IUPUI as a campus that demonstrates a high level of commitment to civic engagement.
2002: U.S. News & World Report, in their "America’s Best Colleges" edition, recognizes IUPUI for its excellence in service learning programs, an honor that becomes an annual tradition.
2003: The scholarship program is renamed the Sam H. Jones Community Service Scholarship Program in honor of Sam Jones, the lifelong civic leader of the Urban League; IUPUI designates Commitment to Excellence funds for civic engagement.
2004: IUPUI Chancellor Bantz establishes the Chancellor’s Civic Engagement Awards for Faculty and Community.
2005: IUPUI is selected as one of 12 campuses to assist in the design of the Carnegie Elective Classification for Community Engagement and receives the formal designation in 2006.
2006: IUPUI is one of three universities to receive the inaugural Presidential Award by the Corporation for National and Community Service for exceptional accomplishments and distinction for Hurricane Katrina relief.
2007: The Center for Service and Learning Research Collaborative received a designation as a campus Signature Center to convene scholars and to advance research, particularly through the IUPUI Book Series on Service Learning Research (Stylus).
2008: The Center for Service and Learning hosts third annual conference on international service learning and a symposium for student civic outcomes in collaboration with the American Association of State Colleges and Universities.
2009: IUPUI is recognized as one of the top five “Best Neighbor” colleges and universities in the nation at the annual conference of the Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities.
2010: The Center for Service and Learning hosts the 10th Annual International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement (IARSLCE) Conference, attracting 404 attendees from 44 states and 13 countries.
2011: The Center for Service and Learning, in collaboration with campus colleagues and George Washington Community Schools, establishes the Midwest Center for University-Assisted Community Schools.
2012: The Center for Service and Learning establishes the Robert G. Bringle Community Engagement Showcase in honor of retiring executive director Robert Bringle; Julie Hatcher is appointed as new executive director.
2013: IUPUI is selected as one of 73 campuses nationwide to participate in NASPA’s LEAD Initiative on Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement.
2014: IUPUI Chancellor Paydar leads campus strategic planning, including a goal of “deepening campus commitment to community engagement”; the Office of Community Engagement is established.
2015: IUPUI is successfully reclassified for the Carnegie Elective Classification for Community Engagement for both curricular engagement and community partnerships.
2016: The Center for Service and Learning collaborates with the Office of Academic Affairs to facilitate the faculty learning community on public scholarship; language for public scholarship is integrated into campus-level promotion and tenure guidelines.
2017: The Center for Service and Learning joins a national network of Bonner Scholar Leader schools.
2018: The Center for Service and Learning celebrates its 25th anniversary by co-sponsoring the national Campus Compact Presidential Reception, hosting the 10th Annual Research Academy, and capturing stories of engagement across the years.
